Connector having regulating section

Abstract

There is provided a connector including a terminal which is provided with an electrical connection section with a tab shape that is provided with a raised part which extends along a terminal fitting direction, and a connector housing which is provided with a terminal accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal, and an insertion hole through which the electrical connection section is inserted in the terminal accommodating chamber and protrudes outward.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A connector comprising:
 a terminal including an electrical connection section which has a tab shape and is fitted to a terminal of a counterpart side connector so as to be electrically connected thereto; and 
 a connector housing including a terminal accommodating chamber which accommodates the terminal, and a terminal insertion hole through which the terminal is inserted and protrudes into the terminal accommodating chamber, wherein 
 the electrical connection section has a first surface that lies in a first plane, and a raised part which extends along the first surface in a fitting direction with the counterpart side connector at a location protruding from the terminal insertion hole, the raised part has a plate thickness, and the raised part includes a raised surface that has a width and a length that are each greater than the plate thickness, the raised surface is raised relative to the first surface in a plate thickness direction of the terminal, and the raised surface lies in a raised plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane, and 
 a regulating section, which protrudes from a location not facing the raised part toward an opposite side with respect to the raised part in a raised direction of the raised part, is integrally formed in a peripheral edge of the terminal insertion hole positioned at a raised side of the raised part in the raised direction. 
 
     
     
       2. The connector according to  claim 1 , in which the regulating section has a planar part facing a surface of the electrical connection section except for the raised part. 
     
     
       3. The connector according to  claim 1 , wherein the terminal insertion hole has a first width measured in the plate thickness direction, the first width is measured at a location spaced away from the regulating section, and each of the first width is greater than the plate thickness. 
     
     
       4. The connector according to  claim 3 , wherein the terminal insertion hole has a second width measured in the plate thickness direction, the second width is measured at the regulating section, and the second width are greater than the plate thickness. 
     
     
       5. The connector according to  claim 4 , wherein the second width is less than the first width. 
     
     
       6. The connector according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection part includes a second raised part spaced from the first raised part, and the first surface extends between the raised part and the second raised part. 
     
     
       7. The connector according to  claim 1 , wherein the raised part includes a tapered surface at each end of the raised surface, and one of the tapered surfaces extends from the raised surface to the first surface.